THE STORY OF THE OXFORD MOVEMENT.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR,..]
Sin,—Admitting, for the sake of argument, that the extract quoted by your reviewer in the Spectator of March 11th respecting Gregory is true, yet we must remember that to him we are indebted for the mission of St. Augustine to the then inhabitants of Kent; that Church music owes much to the "Gregorian Chants"; that Milman, I think—I speak without the book—it is, who testifies to the fact that his " Sacramentary "—based, of course, on yet earlier ones—is a great storehouse of ancient liturgical forms, used in the Western Church; that our Collects owe, some of them, a great deal to Pope Gregory, the "servant of God," who disclaimed any right or title to be called "Universal Bishop."—I am, Sir, &c., 23 014 Bailey, E.C., March 13th. G. H. F. NYE.
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